Is your newborn baby’s skin or eyes yellow? Is he or she extremely tired and doesn’t want to eat? Are you extremely worried about this?
Neonatal jaundice (NNJ) is still a leading cause of preventable brain damage, physical and mental handicap, and early death among infants in many communities. Greater awareness is needed among all health workers. Neonatal jaundice affects one in two infants globally. It affects half of full-term newborns and 80% of preterm newborns on a global scale.
The objective of this this conversation today is to assess the knowledge of primary health care workers about the description, causes, effective treatment, and sequelae of Neonatal Jaundice NNJ.